Wake Forest University

Traditional:

西北地至高。地之高處，又不在天之中。

義剛。

Simplified:

西北地至高。地之高处，又不在天之中。

义刚。

big5:

��_�a�ܰ��C�a�����B�A�S���b�Ѥ����C

�q��C

GB:

���������ߡ���֮�ߴ����ֲ�����֮�С�

��ա�

Translation:

The land is highest in the northwest. The place where the land is highest is, however, not under the center of the sky.

Commentary:

It is a little difficult to know what Zhu Xi is talking about here. I believe he understands the center of the sky to be the pole star. If that is true, and if he believes that the highest part of the earth is to the northwest, then it would follow that it could not be under the pole star.

-- PEM